Comprehensive Heat Risk Framework for Elderly Commuters in Jodhpur
Implementing Partner: Build Change
Project name:Comprehensive Heat Risk Framework for Elderly Commuters in Jodhpur in India
This project establishes HEAT SAFE, a comprehensive heat risk assessment framework for elderly commuters in Jodhpur.
By analyzing travel patterns, microclimatic conditions, infrastructure gaps, and heat-health vulnerabilities, it addresses the challenges posed by rapid urbanization and climate change.
The absence of heat-sensitive transit planning exacerbates health risks and restricts mobility. HEAT SAFE informs inclusive urban design and targeted interventions, fostering climate-resilient, age-friendly transportation systems in low- and middle-income urban settings.
in India over the past 30
years
informed transport or heat
action plans
Impact
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This project develops HEAT SAFE, India’s first evidence-based framework integrating travel behavior, infrastructure, and microclimatic factors to assess and mitigate heat risks for elderly commuters in fast-urbanizing cities like Jodhpur, ensuring safer, climate-resilient mobility.
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This research develops localized heat risk management plans for elderly commuters in Jodhpur, equipping urban planners and policymakers with data-driven strategies to enhance mobility and health resilience, ensuring safer, adaptive infrastructure during extreme heat events.
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By identifying public transport gaps and exposure risks, the project recommends infrastructure upgrades—shaded walkways, cooling zones, and schedule adjustments—to minimize thermal stress for elderly commuters, enhancing urban resilience and climate-adaptive mobility strategies.
